COLLINS: An old adage apparently forgotten

Jun 17, 2022 | 4:38 AM

WHEN LITTLE JOHNNY got his allowance, he was always told “don’t spend it all in one place.”

He tried hard, but one day he and his friends spent it all very quickly. So Johnny was broke.

It was so sad. He had nothing left. Nothing for kids in unsafe and overcrowded schools, nothing to ease the hospital crisis and the burnout of frontline workers. He had to “defer” many projects that he had committed to.

To be fair, little Johnny wasn’t the only one who put their money into one basket. Friends had huge floods costing billions in repair work, fires that destroyed entire towns and a number of other expenses. But in doing so, little Johnny had nothing left for other critical projects.

Poor Johnny. What to do.

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Schools he committed to build, hospitals he promised, all based on sending his friends to work. His friends were all sent to office, so the voters carried out their half of the bargain, but Johnny had to renege on his half. So Johnny lost a chunk of his popularity with his fans.

No one expected the devastating results of COVID and its cost to the economy, or the cost of vast flooding. But the fact remains, putting all your money in one place is never a good idea. Little Johnny is finding that out very quickly.

I’m Doug Collins and that’s One Man’s Opinion.

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by Doug Collins

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